Originally Posted by blk04xfire
I just dropped off my car this morning to a five star dealer to get a couple of things looked at. My main concern was that I had the blinking gas light / check engine (code P0455). The blinking gas light started happening Dec/Jan, and the check engine light came on just last week. I had the code checked at Autozone. I have a couple other noise issues wanted checked out while I was there (squeaky wing, squeaky windows, wind noise >50 mph).
First off some background, I bought my xfire certified pre-owned from a Chrysler dealer out of state (this was in early Oct '06). It had a Sirius Satellite radio already installed where the cup holder is and the antenna for it is run through and placed on the back roof.
I got a call from them earlier confirming that the check engine light is related to the evap system. They are saying that the Satellite radio installation is what caused the evap system failure, and to fix it would not be covered under warranty.
Is that even possible?
I would think that if the car is "certified" they would have checked to make sure everything is running correctly. I'm not sure what to do next? Go to another dealer? Have the service dealer talk to the dealer I bought it from? Any help on this topic is much appreciated.
Stranger things have happened. From the posts it looks like you have ruled out the Satelite Radio. But just to keep it interesting I have a story for you regarding an AFTERMARKET RADIO and my VW Passat.
I bought a aftermarket radio from Crutchfield, built up the custome wiring harness that serves as an adaptor and all was well.....Radio worked great, Car worked great..... UNTIL it was time for an emissions test. Guess what, my 2 year old passat with only 15K miles FAILED emissions. The emissions tester could not read the OBE codes.
The guy at the emissions place said they might be able to fix it but it would cost about $125 first for a diagnositics test. Well I wasn't too confident in the zippy emissions place working on my Passat. So I called the dealer, FIRST THING HE ASKED WAS DID I CHANGE THE RADIO. When I told him I did he said disconnect the new Radio and check the emissions agian. SURE ENOUGH, disconnected the radio and the FREE EMISSIONS RECHECK PASSED!!!!
What was going on here was the that VW routes the OBD communications to the RADIO so they can program VW Radio Features. When you install an aftermarket radio you have to ISOLATE THE K WIRE. Cost at the dealer $250. OR in 10 seconds with my dyke I fixed it for free. That was a good VW dealer to tell me how to do it. He saved me a bundle of $, I can only imagine what the Emissions Center would have come up with for a fee to do this...... Just goes to show you that a little knowledge can save you a lot of $.